Dreadhead
500+ Head-Fier
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Hello All,
I have been into high end audio for a while (some Linn and Paradigm stuff) and now I've decided I'll never be rich enough to afford a "benchmark" in the big systems (or be able to convince my wife for that matter) so I've decided to buy the best of the best in headphone amps. I am looking at the Home with all the MAX modules or the Max (everything except the Alps) and I'm wondering what the major difference between the two in terms of sound quality will be. I'm going to do the balanced HD650's because I don't like "warm" headphones, I'm a cold and clinical kind of guy. I have some e500's and they are amazing so I'm thinking of taking the big plunge for the ultimate. I'm planning on using lossless WMA as my files of choice and foobar 2000 (up sampled with SRC) on a old laptop that is pretty quiet (downloaded a fan controller to make it really quiet until it melts). I'll start with USB (unless there is ground loop) then probably go to something from Empirical (unless you feel it's useless)after a while. Help and advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
I have been into high end audio for a while (some Linn and Paradigm stuff) and now I've decided I'll never be rich enough to afford a "benchmark" in the big systems (or be able to convince my wife for that matter) so I've decided to buy the best of the best in headphone amps. I am looking at the Home with all the MAX modules or the Max (everything except the Alps) and I'm wondering what the major difference between the two in terms of sound quality will be. I'm going to do the balanced HD650's because I don't like "warm" headphones, I'm a cold and clinical kind of guy. I have some e500's and they are amazing so I'm thinking of taking the big plunge for the ultimate. I'm planning on using lossless WMA as my files of choice and foobar 2000 (up sampled with SRC) on a old laptop that is pretty quiet (downloaded a fan controller to make it really quiet until it melts). I'll start with USB (unless there is ground loop) then probably go to something from Empirical (unless you feel it's useless)after a while. Help and advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Chris